Man accused of slapping wife over 'Obama, Romney' dispute

Peter Schwartz, a 74-year-old Hollywood man, was arrested after allegedly slapping his wife in her face and pushing her, causing her to fall on some grass outside a building. in a heated dispute about the 2012 presidential election, police say. reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Schwartz reportedly told a judge last Wednesday that he and his wife told him she disliked him because of his choice of presidential candidate, telling him, 'You're like my mother, you like Romney. That means I don't like you," according to the report.

The judge ordered Schwartz to stay 500 feet away from his wife until another judge rules otherwise and only to talk to his wife by phone.

Schwartz and his wife were listed as voters with no party affiliation, records show. "I'm going to be 75 in a month and a half," Schwartz said at Wednesday's hearing before the judge. "My wife is 47, and I treasure her more than my life."